Islamabad vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$1061
🏠 One person rent	$198	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$314
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$419
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	67	62
😀 Quality of life	49	51
🏙️ Population	1.01M	3.38M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 11% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8895th and 8996th ($439 vs $393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in Pakistan and India, respectively. Check Pakistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Lucknow ranked 26th in India, while ranked 6293rd and 6126th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Lucknow

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	Islamabad	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$11.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$82.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$47.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$6.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$1781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$24.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$32.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$65.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$1788

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$329
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$461
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$331
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$299
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$365
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$316
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$373
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$360
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$319
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$325
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$377
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$335
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$351
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$391
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$445
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$311
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$505
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$285
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$533
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$303
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$356
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$443
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$275
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$337
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$375
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$284
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$337
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$280
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$321